About the Assessment: Types of Accommodations

Students assessed with accommodations typically received some combination of accommodations. In contrast to earlier assessment years in which students were only counted once in the category reflecting the primary accommodation provided, students were counted in the categories for each accommodation they received in 2010. For example, students assessed in small groups (as compared with standard NAEP sessions of about 30 students) were also usually given extended time and are included in counts for both groups.

Percentage of fourth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) assessed in NAEP civics with accommodations, by SD/ELL category and type of accommodation: 2010

Type of accommodation

SD and/or ELL

SD

ELL

Bilingual booklet

0.5

#

0.5

Bilingual dictionary

0.5

0.1

0.5

Braille version of the text

#

#

#

Breaks

5.2

4.2

1.4

Computer

#

#

#

Directions read aloud in English

0.2

0.2

#

Directions read aloud in Spanish

0.3

#

0.3

Extended time

11.6

8.3

4.2

Large-print booklet

0.1

0.1

#

Magnification device

#

#

#

One-on-one

0.7

0.6

0.1

Read aloud (all or most of assessment)

7.0

5.8

1.8

Read aloud (occasional words or phrases)

1.9

1.3

0.8

Read aloud in Spanish (all or most of assessment)

#

#

#

School staff administers

0.7

0.6

0.2

Scribe

0.3

0.3

#

Sign language

#

#

#

Small group

10.5

8.0

3.4

Special setting

0.1

0.1

#

Template

#

#

#

Other

0.4

0.4

#

# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Civics Assessment.